© Roger Bilham 2007
Note the bridge has been thrown from its abuttment and has buckled on its descent to the river bed. Oldham noted that accelerations may have exceeded 1 g. Alternatively the bridge may have been levered out of the way by the Public Works Department in preparation for reconstruction. The deck that infilled between the lateral trusses is missing - washed away? A log has been placed across the stream to facilitate foot passage by the . The abandoned bridge below photographed in 2009 22 km south of Shillong is of the same design but with three fewer sections. The damaged bridge consists of three tension structs on each side of three cross struts frames, whereas the bridge below has two cross-braced panels flanked by two pairs of tension panels.The concrete frame bridge behind it now carries the heavy traffic.